Opposition presses Taliban after win

SUMMARY:

Northern Alliance troops met fierce resistance around Kolkata Hill, near the Taliban-controlled cities of Taloquan and Kunduz in northeastern Afghanistan. Among the casualties Saturday were a Northern Alliance commander and a civilian killed by Taliban artillery, while land mines badly wounded several opposition fighters. (Full story)

UPDATE:

The fall of Mazar-e Sharif could open the way for opposition offensives against the Afghan capital Kabul and Heart in western Afghanistan. It also could allow U.S. forces to resupply Northern Alliance troops, distribute humanitarian aid or stage attacks inside Afghanistan itself. (Full story)

Thousands of family and friends of the 5,000 sailors on board the Enterprise greeted the vessel as it returned home to Norfolk, Virginia, on Saturday. The ship had been scheduled to head home earlier, but the September 11 terrorist attacks changed those plans. (Full story)

President Bush urged all nations Saturday to abide by a U.N. Security Council resolution aimed at crushing terrorism -- or risk being targets themselves. "Every nation has a stake in this cause," Bush said during his first-ever address to the world body. "As we meet, the terrorists are planning more murder, perhaps in my country, perhaps in yours." (Full story)

In an interview published in a Pakistani newspaper, Osama bin Laden said his al Qaeda group has nuclear and chemical weapons and will use them against the United States if attacked. The man believed to have masterminded the terror attacks on the United States also repeatedly said the September 11 attacks on the U.S. were part of a "defensive jihad." (Full story)

What kind of government will replace the Taliban if the religious group is removed as the country's government? (Click here for more)

Where are the Taliban positioning troops and equipment in civilian areas? Does this factor into where the U.S. decides to strike? (Click here for more)

What effect will the support and opposition within Pakistan of the U.S.-led military strikes have on the war against terrorism?

When will the Northern Alliance, the anti-Taliban group that controls up to 10 percent of Afghanistan, begin a ground offensive to take the capital of Kabul? Are they making any progress? (Click here for more.)

What is life like in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, with increasingly intense U.S. airstrikes overhead? (Click here for more.)